I wonder if the sign dates from a time before the sign's creators would have found a gentler way of advertising that the shop sold both kosher and non-kosher meat. If the location was a slaughterhouse, I'm not even sure if Jewish dietary law would permit slaughter in a "gentile" slaughterhouse. The sign is odd for more than one reason, in other words.

Uriah, I agree that the sign's condition would likely not do much for the area's propery values regardless of what goes on inside.

I don't know if you can see this on your computers, but I have just discovered from a larger version of the photo that the words "Live Poultry" appear in faded red letters under "Tony & Sam's." That takes away some of the fun, doesn't it?

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